NewsWithViews
readers know that I am a frequent contributor of health articles.
Today however, I'm going to focus primarily on freedom.

We
should have the right to make informed decisions about what what we're
eating. Currently, nothing requires food manufacturers to label GMO
(genetically modified organisms) foods or ingredients. GMOs can be
hidden in anything. Right now in Oregon there is a statewide signature
drive to put the issue of mandatory labeling of GMO foods on the ballot
for us to vote on. Ultimately, passage of a GMO labeling law would
increase our personal freedom by allowing us to make more informed
decisions about the foods we eat, just like people in 64 foreign countries
already do.

Statewide
we need 87,000 signatures by July 2nd to put the issue of mandatory
labeling of GMOs on the November ballot for a vote of the people in
a statewide election. With your help, we can do it.

You
can sign the petition at Sunshine Natural Foods in Grants Pass to
put mandatory GMO labeling on the ballot

When
an industry spends billions of dollars developing GMOs, why would
they spend millions to prevent the labeling and advertizing of their
new products? Obviously it's because they have something to hide.
Spearheaded by the bio-tech food giant Monsanto, in November 2013,
opponents of a law that would have mandated the labeling of genetically
modified foods in Washington State, raised over 22 million dollars
to fight its passage. Their goal – to keep people in the dark.
Only 6 million was raised to support the bill, which was narrowly
defeated. Passage would have had no impact on the legality of GMOs,
just people's right to know what they're eating. Similar scenarios
play out, state by state, all over the US.

Right
now, Americans are essentially swimming blindfolded in a giant test
tube at the center of a massive, Monsanto-led, GMO food experiment.
I can think of no other class of food products or additives that have
managed to completely escape government oversight.

Virtually
No Testing To Prove GMO Safety Claims

Even
though GMOs have been created for ingestion as a long-term food source
for humans, there have been no long or medium-term safety tests done
by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), thanks to a 20-year-old
policy that says it’s up to the bio-tech companies to determine
the safety of genetically engineered foods. So the government agency
in charge of protecting U.S. citizens lets bio-tech companies, who
stand to make billions in profits from GE foods, conduct their own
“voluntary safety consultations.” Rather than allowing
humans to be the long-term guinea pigs in this experiment, the FDA
needs to step up and do the science now.

Labels
are legally required to identify materials in our clothing, mattresses,
pillows, etc. The purpose of the label law is to inform consumers
of the hidden contents in products that come in contact with our bodies.
It makes even more sense to identify the hidden contents in the products
we actually put in our bodies.

Vermont
recently became the first state to force GMO labeling. Oregon can
be the second.

The
grocery industry, bankrolled by Monsanto, will fight this effort as
they did in Washington and other states. They'll claim it will cost
too much to change labels, the same foolish jibberish they used when
laws were proposed years ago requiring nutrition information on food
labels. At this point virtually everyone who can read, has at one
time or another used the nutrition label on a food package to help
them make an informed selection.

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GMO
labeling will allow us to make informed decisions about the foods
we eat. Information is power, which is why Monsanto doesn't want us
to have it. The Oregon Right to Know initiative is about transparency
and empowering shoppers. It is not a debate on the science of GMOs.
It's about the freedom to make an informed choice. We can expect Monsanto
and other bio-tech giants to spend many millions to prevent laws that
would give us the freedom to, choose or avoid, their lab-created,
GMO, experimental foods.

Signing
This Petition Will Force A Vote On This Critical Issue. Once It's
On The Ballot, Be Prepared For The Inevitable Onslaught Of Another
Monsanto Perjury-For-Profit Anti-Labeling Campaign.